"Genius is not replicable. Inspiration, though, is contagious, and multiform — and even just to see, close up, power and aggression made vulnerable to beauty is to feel inspired and (in a fleeting, mortal way) reconciled."
--David Foster Wallace, () "Roger Federer as Religious Experience"

In my high school, all the "popular kids" developed a system of nicknames for each other wherein a long "E" sound was added to the first (or only) syllable of their last name. Nelson became "Nellie," White was "Whitey," Olson was "Olie," etc. It was as annoying as it sounds.

I'd have been "Kammie" - good thing I wasn't popular.

That is what everyone in hockey does.

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Ridiculousness across all sports:

(1) "You have no valid opinion because you never played the game."
(2) "Stats are irrelevant. This guy just doesn't know how to win."